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Google's failed Olympic ad, “Dear Sydney,” struck a nerve by suggesting that an AI could express the thoughts and feelings of a child, and understandably many people, including me, are uneasy.But this isn't the only AI ad to air during the Olympics. Google has aired other ads, as has Meta. Adobe and Samsung are among the companies that have spent heavily on AI ads in the last year. Big Tech faces a daunting task if it wants to change our perception of AI: A majority of Americans describe their feelings as “cautious,” according to an April report from research firm…

Fumio Kishida said he would remain in Japan after experts warned of higher than normal risks along the Nankai Trough.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has cancelled plans to visit Central Asia after weather experts warned of an increased risk of a “major earthquake” along the Pacific coast following an earthquake in southwestern Kyushu. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kyushu on Thursday, injuring eight people and triggering a tsunami warning. Kishida was due to leave on Friday for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. “As the prime minister, who is the person in charge of crisis management, I have decided that I should…

France will seek to reach the gold medal game for the second time in women's basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics when they face Belgium on Friday at Accor Arena. After losing gold to the United States in the 2012 London Olympics, France has missed out on competing for the top prize again at the past two Olympic Games, losing in the semifinals to the United States in Rio and to Japan in Tokyo. France beat Germany 84-71 in the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics, while Belgium beat Spain 79-66 to reach the final.The game is scheduled to kick off…

Vanguard Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Atour Lifestyle Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ATAT – Free Report ) during the first quarter, according to the company's latest 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 1,980,731 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $35,534,000. Vanguard Group Inc. held approximately 1.44% of Atour Lifestyle Holdings Inc. shares at the end of the most recent quarter. Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings in ATAT. Say Investments Co. increased its holdings in Atul Lifestyle by 112.9% in the first quarter. Say Investments Co. now owns 110,634…

After two consecutive days of weather postponements, the 2024 Little League Softball World Series is finally back on track with a packed schedule today as teams compete in North Carolina for the title on Friday, August 9 at 6 a.m. PST/9 a.m. ET. Today's games will be broadcast live on ESPNU and ESPN2 and will also be streamed on ESPN Plus.• WATCH: You can watch today's Little League games live for free with Fubo (free trial) or DirecTV Stream (free trial). The best way to watch every LLSWS game is with one month of ESPN+ for less than $11 ($10.99…

“As the cobra flees for its life, it makes a movement like the flick of a whip around a horse's neck,” Rudyard Kipling wrote about the ferocious Nagaina cobra in his tale of the heroic mongoose Rikki-Tiki-Tavi. And this whiplash movement may have helped real-life cobras and their relatives spread from their native Asia across the globe.Scientists once believed that the superfamily Elaphoidea, which includes cobras, coral snakes, and mambas, originated in Africa. Fossils of file snakes found in Tanzania and dated to the Oligocene epoch (33.9 million to 23 million years ago), support this hypothesis. They are the oldest…

Ravenspoint Centre Museum on the Isle of Lewis, home to the renowned Angus MacLeod Archive, is embracing IoT technology to safeguard culturally significant exhibits and enhance visitor experiences. The volunteer-run museum partnered with CENSIS, Scotland's innovation centre for sensing, imaging and IoT technologies, and connectivity consultancy FarrPoint to deploy the LoRaWAN network. The system monitors humidity, temperature and visitor numbers in exhibition areas, and complements the existing infrastructure in the museum's storage facilities. Maintaining the right humidity levels is essential to protect historical items from damage and deterioration. The new system provides real-time data, enabling the museum to effectively track…

Celine Lo will be based in Singapore and will join Justin Yeo, Head of Asia A&H Reinsurance. Ms. Lo will be focused on further developing the company's Accident & Health (A&H) business in Asia, expanding the regional broker network and delivering profitable growth. Mr. Lo joins Nexus from Chubb, where he held product management roles, after gaining extensive experience in similar roles across industries including Zurich and AIG. Ms Yeo commented: “We are delighted to welcome Seline to the team. She has extensive experience in the sector and will hit the ground running, working with our existing brokers and building…

Editor's note: Sign up for CNN Travel's weekly newsletter, “Unlocking the World,” to get the latest news on aviation, food and drink, accommodation and other travel trends. CNN — “It is with great sadness that we must announce the end of a dream. Midnight Trains passed away today surrounded by family and friends.” This was the epitaph left by Midnight Trains founder Adrien Aumont on May 31, signalling the failure of the company's vision to build a new network of luxury night trains connecting Europe's major cities. Before the company's collapse, Europe was on the cusp of a night-train revolution,…

Coca-Cola is a major sponsor of the Olympics. Pascal Le Segretin/Getty Images Hide caption Toggle caption Pascal Le Segretin/Getty Images The soda giant's market capitalization fell by $4 billion after Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo slid two Coca-Cola bottles off-camera during a 2021 press conference and held up a bottle of water to toast to his hundreds of millions of social media followers. “Such is the power of sport,” public health advocates Trish Cotter and Sandra Marin wrote in an op-ed published this week in BMJ Global Health. They call on the International Olympic Committee to sever its financial ties…